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Design-Build Contractor in Fort Lauderdale

As licensed Architects, we understand how hard it is to find a good and reliable Design-Build General Contractor in Fort Lauderdale — that is why our founder decided to become a General Contractor in the first place! Through partnership with Zachary Rose General Contractor LLC (Florida License # CGC1526625), we offer Design-Build Services. This means that we draw, permit, AND build whatever your imagination can come up with.

Design-Build vs. Design-Bid-Build – What’s the difference?

Let’s start out with a few basic definitions.

Design-Bid-Build: this is the “traditional” way of building where and Architect and Engineers create detailed drawings. From there multiple contractors bid the job, and then the Owner collaborates with the design team to make a selection. It is extremely inefficient and opens the project up to unnecessary delays and potential lost information.

Design-Build: A process where a single entity manages design AND construction, including all contracts, equipment vendors and materials providers. As demonstrated in the graphic below, the process features a reduction in bidding time AND faster construction time. Design-Build is the most cost-effective construction method, and it results in the best quality.

Some additional benefits of Design-Build are: single-source management and implementation, creative solutions created by a diverse team, constant collaboration, more accurate bids, and reduced delivery time. Read on for some more specific examples and a graphic representation of the process.

The old way: DESIGN – BID – BUILD

Broken, fragmented process: The old way of building is laden with inefficiencies. The team is typically fragmented and can result in gaps in communication that can result in conflict.

Inaccurate bids: To spend months (or years!) design and documenting a project only to learn after all that hard work that the bids are too high to build is one of the most common pitfalls of this method. To expect a contractor that has never seen your project’s highly detailed drawings to create an accurate bid is a crap shoot at best…the result is almost always inaccurate bids that require Change Orders or Value Engineering.

Delayed construction time: Construction delays start with bad bids and culminate in the field when trying to build against a bid that missed project components. It requires Change Orders, rescheduling, and loss in delivery time.

…but under the Design-Build process all of this goes away!

The ROSE way: DESIGN – BUILD

One-stop-shop: When you work with ROSE, we take care of it all. While “one-stop-shop” is a catchy phrase, the real value is in the time and money that can be saved under the Design-Build approach.

Accurate bids: We provide an early and ACCURATE bid upon completion of schematic design and we spot check that bid as the drawings get more detailed. The result is minimal downtime due to bidding and a team that knows all intricacies of your project since all stakeholders were involved since Day 1.

Reduced construction time: Your construction team knows the project inside and out because they’ve lived it for weeks or months before breaking ground. This is the feature that most of our Design-Build clients love the most!

Faster Delivery and Faster Response

Design and documentation is faster under a Design-Build model. This is because after you’ve approved our construction bid, we are motivated to deliver your drawings as quickly as possible with the highest accuracy. What is our motivation? Get to building faster! When working with a stand-alone architect, their motivation to finish drawings is typically a fraction of their contract value. Our motivation is much higher – the full construction project!

Also, our construction time is typically faster when compared to design-bid-build. This is because your Architect is involved in every single part of the project. If an inspector or city official requests a letter or detail, you will not be waiting weeks or months for a solution — you will typically see action in a matter of hours. Our passion for building paired with knowledge of your project gives you results that matter and speak for themselves.

Custom Home Design-Build Based in Fort Lauderdale

When you are designing your dream home it is critical to use a company that knows how to stay in budget but without sacrificing design. We take pride in delivering exactly what you have in mind for your dream home. Through a detailed and rigorous process, we LISTEN, then DESIGN, and then BUILD. Every floor plan set that we offer is custom built, but if you love something we’ve done in the past we can start there as well. Sustainability as a General Contractor is critical and we always implement as much green design as possible. Taking a “green” approach to your home will not only save you money but also the environment.

Remodeling Contractor Fort Lauderdale

Rose Architects and ZRGC are prepared to tackle small and large remodeling jobs in Fort Lauderdale. In addition to being true experts in kitchen and bath remodels, we can completely transform your whole home. Don’t be discouraged, even if your kitchen and baths are currently in rough shape. We will convert them into spaces that you LOVE and you will wonder how you ever lived without the new and improved versions. Our industry partners help with any necessary custom cabinetry and materials selections. We can even retrofit your home to be a true smart home; contact us today to learn more!

Contact General Contractor Fort Lauderdale Today

Getting in touch with us is easy. You can call us at 954-271-2718 or click here to email us. Even if you’ve had a bad experience with other General Contractors in Fort Lauderdale, don’t let that discourage you. We take pride in delivering perfect projects for every client no matter how big or small. Thank you for considering us to be your preferred General Contractor in Fort Lauderdale!